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Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (HOU)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (HOU)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Texans
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Texans cashed the board's mistake on Restrepo: B-.

The needs board said one thing and the Texans did another, using the 127th pick on Kris Abrams-Draine while running back, interior defensive lineman and other spots waited. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. Getting Restrepo where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They will need Powell-Ryland to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Kamari Lassiter
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick53 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy is a better player than No. 53 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick88 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
They paid sticker price for Sedrick Van Pran in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick121 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A slide stopped in pick 121, with Tommy Eichenberg worth more than the price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick127 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
A curious use of the 127th pick. Running back, interior defensive lineman and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Kris Abrams-Draine did not.
Pick158 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jaylan Ford at slot 158. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick239 Rnd7 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
A reach for Antwaun Powell-Ryland in pick No. 239; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick242 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
They robbed the room for Xavier Restrepo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.